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AKA News : AKA Convention 2008 Results
Posted by Barry Cooper on 2008/6/4 14:10:00 (500 reads)

AKA Convention 2008
Show Results

Results of the AKA convention show are now available. Please click on the link below:

Show results

Below are the special awards given at the convention:

Roger Langton Award – Best Fp. gardneri: George Caruso – Fp. gardneri Rayfield
Bill Jacobs Award – Best Classic Killie – Mike Trzonkowski - A. australe orange
Thomas Cahallan Award – Best Arch., Script. or Callopanchax – Kieth Cook - Script. schmitti
Jubb Award – Best Nothobranchius – Dan Nielsen – N. rachovii
Horst Latzel Award – Best Foreign Entry – Arvid Hansen SKS – A. georgiae
Franz Werner Award – Best Photographic Entry – Hristo Hristov – Fp. fallax
Walter Indell Award – Best E. annulatus - Tony Terciera
Leo Hoigne Award – Significant Contributor to Killifish Hobby – Harry Specht
SEK Award – Best Non-Endangered Aphanius – Gary Greenwood – Aph. danfordii
Paul Vorbaum Award – Best Rivulus – Frans Vermeulen – Riv. waimacui
Ken McKeighan Award – Best North American Native – Ken Normandin – Fun. cingulatus
Kent Group Award – Best Cynolebias by an American Entrant – Buzz Allen – Simp. boitonei
George Maier Award – Best Aplocheilus – Paul Bricknell – Aplocheilus lineatus
Peter Tirbak Award – Best Elegans Complex – John Clairmont – A. elegans
Gerhard Schreiber Award – Most Endagered Species Entry – Buzz Allen – Cyp. alvarezi
Robert Finch Award – Best Aph. Australe – Mike Trzonkowski
Paul Bricknell Award – Best Blue Gularis – Gary Greenwood
Robert Felmey Award – Killifish Exhibitor of the Year – Gary Greenwood
DKG Award for Best Chromaphyosemion - David Suffia
AKA Hobbyist of the Year – Marshall Ostrow
Best in Show – Diapteron georgiae – Arvid Hansen (SKS)

Fellowship in the AKA was awarded to Dr. Harry Specht

Affiliate Club News : WCW XVII Results
Posted by Barry Cooper on 2008/4/27 1:50:00 (313 reads)

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Entry Genus & species Location Entrant Points Award
Class 1 - South American Annuals
1 Austroleb. nigripinnis Bella Union, Uruguay S. Ehrlich 90.5 1st
9 Simpsonichth. zonatus Guarapuava K. Walter 89.5 2nd
41 Aphyoleb. rubrocaudatus location 21 M. Britton 81.5
42 Austroleb. nigripinnis Maschwitz V. Treat 86 3rd
44 Nematoleb. whitei R. Toland 66.5
Class 2 - Nothobranchius
3 N. eggersi Kigongo TAN 05-43 K. Walter 80.5
9 N. eggersi Ruhoi 95-11 K. Walter 0
11 N. hengstleri Nassoro MZHL 05-14 K. Walter 81.5 3rd
13 N. rachovii Beira 98 K. Walter 86.5 2nd
25 N. kafuensis Kayuni State Farm J. Metzger 75.5
26 N. korthausae Rungungu TAN 02-11 B. Cooper 86.5 1st; Best in Show
Class 3 - Fundulopanchax
3 F. fallax CI-98 Jim Rae 65.5
4 F. fallax CI-98 Jim Rae 71.5
5 F. fallax CI-98 Jim Rae 69.5
6 F. fallax CI-98 Jim Rae 60.5
7 F. gardneri gardneri albino Robert Toland 77.5
8 F. gardneri nigerianus Lokoja Robert Toland 87.5 1st
9 F. gardneri gardneri Lafia Robert Toland 75.5
10 F. gardneri gardneri Akure Robert Toland 46.5
11 F. scheeli Robert Toland 66
14 F. fallax Fifinda yellow Darrell Romine 66.5
19 F. puerzli Dibeng Darrell Romine 67
20 F. oeseri Bioko Island Karl Walter 71
21 F. sjoestedti Niger Delta Karl Walter 78.5
23 F. gardneri gardneri Lafia gold Karl Walter 85.5 2nd
27 F. gardneri nigerianus Biassa Karl Walter 84.5 3rd
29 F. avichang Nguba 2 GEML 00-16 Thuan Nguyen 70
30 F. sjoestedti Gary Greenwood 77.5
33 Fundulopanchax fallax Fifinda Yellow Vern Treat 72
Class 4 - Callopanchax, Archi aphyosemion & Script aphyosemion
1 Script. liberiense "calabarica strain" Thuan Nguyen 88.5 1st
2 Script. etzeli Bundulai SL89 Thuan Nguyen 84
3 Callo. monroviae Paynesville L97 Thuan Nguyen 86.5 2nd
12 Script. schmitti Juarzon John Metzger 86 3rd
13 Script. guignardi Sougeta Matt Kaufman 84.5
Class 5 - Aphyosemion
1 A. species Lobaye Patrick J Coleman 91 3rd
2 A. ocellatum "Sika Sika" GJS 00-05 Patrick J Coleman 83
3 A. coeleste Mounana Patrick J Coleman 76
4 A. mimbon LEC 93-19 Patrick J Coleman 89
5 A. exigoideum G76-30 (Ngoudoufola) Patrick J Coleman 85
6 A. tirbaki BSWG 97-8 Patrick J Coleman 88
7 A. australe orange Sandy Binder 87
8 A. elberti Diang (yellow) Sandy Binder 77
9 A. ocellatum GJS 00-05 Sika Sika David Suffia 73
10 A. thysi Sandy Binder 68
11 A. australe orange Liz Hutchings 77
14 A. poliaki Bolifamba Karl Walter 88
15 A. australe spotless orange Karl Walter 92 2nd
20 A. australe orange Karl Walter 75
30 A. australe gold Karl Walter 78
78 A. fulgens LEC 93-7 John Metzger 82
79 A. bitaeniatum Ijebu-Ode John Metzger 80
80 A. bivittatum Funge ARK 87
81 A. australe BSWG 97-24 Port Gentil ARK 93 1st
83 A. elberti Mbet BLLMC 05-8 Gary Greenwood 88
84 A. elberti Bafoussam Gary Greenwood 84
85 A. elberti Ntui Gary Greenwood 82
86 A. elberti Sambolobo Gary Greenwood 79
87 A. elberti Bafole Gary Greenwood 78
88 A. hera Matt Kaufman 74
89 A. loennbergii CI 07-01 Matt Kaufman 70
90 A. striatum Moyko GJS 00-32 Mike Britton 71
91 A. ocellatum Sika Sika GJS 00-05 Bruce Bernard 72
Class 6 - All Other Killifishes (Old World)
1 Epi. infrafasciatus baroi Mike Britton 58
2 Plataplochilus ngaensis Thuan Nguyen 52.5
3 Plataplochilus ngaensis Thuan Nguyen 74.5
20 Epi. huberi Douengui GJS 00/22 Liz Hutchings 74
23 Epi. roloffi Craig Rees, MKKA 62.5
24 Epi. singa CI-2004 Craig Rees, MKKA 76.5
25 Epi. annulatus Monrovia Karl Walter 82 3rd
28 Epi. annulatus Kasawe Forest Karl Walter 79.5
39 Pachypanchax playfairii ARK 82 2nd
40 Epi. infrafasciatus rathkei ARK 73
41 Epi. infrafasciatus infrafasciatus Bidou CI 02-02 Gary Greenwood 62.5
42 Aphanius mento Gary Greenwood 85.5 1st
43 Epi. infrafasciatus baroi Mike Britton 53.5
44 Aphanius danfordii Soysalli Sandy Binder 68.5
Class 7 - All Other Killifishes (New World)
2 Riv. rubripunctatus PBS 2002-10 Sandy Binder 78.5
3 Riv. xiphidius Floyd Souza's aquarium strain Thuan Nguyen 77.5
4 Riv. agilae Montjoly Thuan Nguyen 82.5 3rd
5 Riv. weberi Robert Toland 77.5
6 Riv. weberi El Llano Carti Road PBS 02/35 Craig Rees, MKKA 74
7 Riv. tenuis Rio Oscuro GUA 04 Craig Rees, MKKA 78
8 Riv. uroflammeus siegfriedi Jardin Gaia CR 03 Craig Rees, MKKA 78.5
25 Cyprinodon alvarezi Russ Feilzer 61
28 Chriopeoides pengelleyi Gary Greenwood 82
29 Kryptolebias marmoratus Mike Britton 88 1st
30 Kryptolebias marmoratus Mike Britton 78
31 Kryptolebias marmoratus Howard Wu 76.5
32 Kryptolebias marmoratus Howard Wu 80
33 Kryptolebias marmoratus Howard Wu 72.5
34 Kryptolebias marmoratus Howard Wu 77.5
35 Fundulus chrysotus Palm Lake, FL Bruce Bernard 85.5 2nd
Class 8 - Photography and Art
1 Killifish Painting Nothobranchius eggersi Red Colton Wininger 60 3rd
2 Killifish Painting Epi. annulatus Colton Wininger 56.5
3 Killifish Painting Fundulopanchax avichang Colton Wininger 56
4 Killifish Photograph Riv. agilae Remire Montjoly Vern Treat 58.5
5 Killifish Photograph Moema quiii Puerto Maldonado Vern Treat 58
6 Killifish Photograph Nothobranchius sp. Caprivi NA 07-1 Vern Treat 56
7 Killifish Photograph Fundulopanchax oeseri Vern Treat 61.5 2nd
8 Killifish Photograph A. striatum Lambarene Vern Treat 65 1st
9 Killifish Photograph Nothobranchius rachovii Dondo MOZ 04-6 Vern Treat 60
11 Killifish Photograph Fundulopanchax mirabilis moensis HAH 98 Bakebe Vern Treat 58.5
12 Killifish Painting Fundulopanchax sjoestedti Joseph Baechler 56

Affiliate Club News : MAKA -- NJ Pine Barrens Collecting
Posted by rwetzel on 2008/4/25 11:54:55 (327 reads)
Affiliate Club News

Having obtained a Scientific Collecting Permit from the State of NJ, I'd like to open this opportunity for collecting up to any members of the MAKA group who might be interested. We will be seeking several native killiefish including the RainWater Killiefish (Lucania parva), Spotfin Killiefish (Fundulus luciae), Banded Killiefish (Fundulus diaphanus), Sheepshead Minnow (Cyprinodon variegatus) and Starhead Topminnow Fundulus dispar) as well as other fishes (Black-Banded Sunfish, Blue-Spotted Sunfish, etc.) found in the area. With our collections, we will be donating a portion of them to the NJ Meadowlands Environmental Center for educational purposes.<br /><br />The permit is effective as of May 1st, through June 30th, 2008, and the trip will be on a Saturday that's best suited to the majority. As such, a date(s) will be selected determined by which Saturday is most popular with the participants, with a back-up date also selected as a rain date in the event the first date gets washed out. If there's enough interest, we could extend this into two trips. There is only one Saturday on which this trip will not be run (due to a prior-arranged NJAS field trip elsewere), and that is May 17th.<br /><br />If interested, please notify me (at < <a href="mailto:SevenSpringss@wmconnect.com">SevenSpringss@wmconnect.com</a> >) at your earliest convenience as to what dates would best suit you. Details will then be forthcoming for those going. Many thanks, Ray Wetzel (#08273)

AKA News : BOT Nominations
Posted by Barry Cooper on 2008/4/17 10:08:46 (342 reads)

Important Notice

It is the time of year when the AKA seeks nominations for the Board of Trustees. It is important for us to find several good, qualified candidates. If you are interested in running, please contact the nominations chairman, Tom Isgro, by email.

AKA News : New Membership Chairman
Posted by Barry Cooper on 2007/12/12 10:40:00 (732 reads)

Due to some personal issues, Lonny Langione has stepped down as chairman of the Membership committee. That role will be taken over by Jim Randall, another member of the committee. Please contact Jim if you have questions about membership. His contact information is listed on the site. Click on the link to Join the AKA at the top of this page.

The AKA would like to thank Lonny for the hard work he has done in the last few years as chairman of this demanding committee.

Affiliate Club News : WCW 2007 Results
Posted by Barry Cooper on 2007/10/4 11:40:38 (895 reads)

The results for the West Coast Weekend XVI (2007) show are available. Please use the link below to display the results.

Affiliate Club News : NorthEast Weekend
Posted by Barry Cooper on 2007/9/13 11:22:12 (763 reads)

North East Weekend 2007

Northeast Weekend (NEW 2007) will be hosted by the Keystone Killy Group (KKG) and Chesapeake Area Killifish Club (CAKC) the weekend of 5-7 October (Columbus Day weekend) at the same location as in previous years, the Comfort Inn in Latham, NY (20 Airpark Blvd - Albany Airport). A block of rooms has been set aside at $79 night + tax, call (518)-783-1900 for reservations.

NEW 2007 has been sanctioned and will feature seven competition classes: North American killies, South American non-annuals, South American annuals, Old World annuals, Fundulopanchax, Aphyosemions, and All Other Old World.

The entry fee is $2 each for the first 5 pairs only, fee waived if auctioned. The auction split is 75% to the seller, auction to begin at 11 AM on Sunday. Entries are due by 12 noon on Saturday. Contact Dave Koran (killie@killifish.net) if you will mail in entries for arrangements.

Table sales are available on Saturday AM with $1 to the hosts per fish item sold. The program consists of Saturday AM workshops, afternoon talks: Richard Pierce - Killifish of Madagascar, Mark DelRaso - Integtrating Climate Information into Breeding Killies, Dave Koran - Aphanius Overview and Maintenance, Andre Carletto - Brazilian Killifish Update, and Charlie Nunziata on Saturday evening on Nothobranchius. The workshop registration fee is $18, Saturday evening banquet $22 (notification needed by September 29th). Registrations should be sent to Dave Koran (see page 2 for contact info). Additional POC's are: KKG - Lee Harper (leeh920226@aol.com) and CAKC
- Mike Brem (mbrem@usa.net).

AKA News : Convention 2009 to be in Portland, Oregon
Posted by Barry Cooper on 2007/6/3 23:31:18 (1168 reads)

At the 2007 AKA convention in Milwaukee, WI, the BOT awarded the convention for 2009 to Northwest Killies. The convention will be held in Portland, Oregon. It will be a collaborative effort of the west coasts clubs, which inlcudes SCKC, BAKA, NWK, PSKA and VAKC. We would like to encourage all of you to consider coming to Oregon for a vacation, even if it is just a few days, preceding the convention. Oregon is a beautiful place to visit and May is an especially nice time to do so.

Please review the presentation that we made to the BOT and to attendees at the 2007 convention, which has been converted to web format. You can access it via the Conventions menu item in the left column.

See you in Portland in 2009!

Barry Cooper
for Northwest Killies

AKA News : JAKA Delivery Delays
Posted by Guest on 2007/2/2 8:00:00 (980 reads)

A few members have not yet received the May-Aug. double issue of JAKA (Vol. 39, No. 3 & 4) that was mailed out about one month ago. We have investigated the matter and thefacts are as follows:

1. Starting with this double issue, JAKA is now being mailed out by a mailing house in Memphis and they receive the copies of the journal directly from the printer (also in Memphis) within a day of printing. The mailing house then prepares them for mailing within another day or two and delivers them to the Post Office. The mailing house obtains the members' addresses from the online membership database, so the list is always up to date.

2. To date, we are aware of six members who did not receive this issue of JAKA by this mailing process. Arrangements have been made for replacement copies to be sent to all six. In one of these cases, it would appear that the member's name was inadvertently omitted from the online membership listing, which constitutes the source of addresses for the mailing. This has since been rectified. All others' addresses were in the database.

3. The mailing house delivered 763 domestic copies to the post office on Friday, December 29, 2006. Note that issues sent to members outside of the US are sent first class mail and have not been included in this figure. Withthe exception of the single member whose name was inadvertently omitted from the membership database, all problems of non-receipt have involved domestic addresses.

4. The P.O. sent a receipt to the mailing house acknowledging that they received 763 pieces of domestic mail on that date.

5. The P.O. claims to have actually mailed them all on Saturday, Dec. 30, 2006.

6. Clearly, the problem does not lie with the mailing house nor (with the exception of one member) does it lie with the source of address data. It would appear that the problem is with the USPS Memphis Bulk Mailing Center. The mailing house will be taking the matter up with the P.O. on our behalf and requesting an investigation.

7. If there are any members, other than those who have already contacted us about missing JAKAs, who have not yet received the JAKA issue in question, please contact Dick Martino directly for replacement copies. These will besent to you by first class mail. All excess copies of JAKA have been sent to Dick Martino who normally handles the distribution of back-issues.

While this problem is not widespread we, the Editors of JAKA, are fully aware that not receiving a copy of JAKA can be an annoying and frustrating experience. We apologise for that but, as you can see from the above, it wasdue to circumstances completely beyond our control.
___________________________________
Brian Watters
Associate Editor

Affiliate Club News : WCW XVI Speakers
Posted by Guest on 2007/1/24 2:45:21 (935 reads)

The speaker lineup for West Coast Weekend XVI, to be held in Portland, Oregon on the weekend of April 28-29 has been finalized. The speakers are:

John Rosenstock: "Memories of Africa: 30 years of collecting Nothobranchius"
Steffen Hellner: tentative title "Collecting in Gabon"
Brian Perkins: "Collecting in Peru - a video presentation"
Dr. Brian Watters: "Killifish of Zambia and the Caprivi"
Dr. Tim Miller-Morgan: tentative title "Fish and aquarium health"

In addition, we are hoping to have an informal showing of some raw video footage from a trip to Zambia this year, to be shown by Dr. Barry Cooper after dinner on Saturday evening.

This promises to be a great show, with terrific speakers. We you many of you will make the trek to beautiful Portland, Oregon.

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